Ordovician explosive volcanism

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 466, Issue , 2010, Pages 13-28

  Huff, Warren D ^a   Bergström, Stig M ^b   Kolata, Dennis R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BENTONITE; COLLISION ZONE; EJECTA; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; ORDOVICIAN; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; RHYOLITE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

PLINIA;

EID: 78650936645     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.2466(02)     Document Type: Review

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